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Playlists:
02-14-2024 - IN THE YEAR OF THE WOOD DRAGON
10-07-2022 - THE STAR OF INDIA
05-19-2021 - IN THE YEAR OF THE OX - 2021 - Part 2
05-12-2021 - IN THE YEAR OF THE OX - 2021 - Part 1
10-10-2019 - RETURN TO THE MOUNT OF ARARAT
02-01-2017 - IN THE YEAR OF A FIRE ROOSTER
01-25-2017 - LAND OF THE RISING SUN
09-09-2016 - TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - LOOKING INTO EAST - LOOKING INTO WEST
08-24-2016 - LOOKING INTO EAST - LOOKING INTO WEST
04-22-2015 - IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ARARAT
04-09-2014 - RETURN TO JAPAN
01-25-2012 - IN THE YEAR OF THE WATER DRAGON - 2012
04-06-2011 - FOR JAPAN
01-27-2010 - EAST MEETS WEST
01-30-2009 - IN THE YEAR OF THE OX - 2009
08-20-2008 - FROM JAKARTA TO JAYAPURA
08-04-2005 - BEYOND THE MYSTERIES OF MIDDLE-EASTERN MUSIC - musical voyage to Southwest Asia
07-28-2005 - THE ORIENT UNVEILED
09-03-2004 - A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF CHINESE COMPOSER TAN DUN
06-07-2004 - SPLENDOURS OF TOPKAPI
05-24-2004 - DREAM OF THE CHERRY BLOSSUMS
08-23-2004 - THE LAND OF FIRE - Musical Voyage to Azerbaijan
07-23-2003 - FOCUS ON MIDDLE- EASTERN CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
02-26-2003 - A MUSICAL PORTAIT OF JAPANESE COMPOSER YOICHI TOGAWA
02-05-2003 - THE END OF SILK ROAD
01-30-2003 - MUSIC FROM AZERBAIJAN
09-11-2001 - EAST MEETS WEST

Chen, Qigang - "Tender" from Iris Unveiled - Wu Bixia, Soprano, National Orchestra of France, Muhai Tang, Conductor - Virgin Classics - 5 45549 2 - (7:04)
Yi, Chen - Romance and Dance for two violins and string orchestra - Chi-Liang Lin and Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, Violins, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui, conductor - BIS - CD-1352 - (7:12)
Bing, Zheng - Concerto No. 4 for Erhu (Fantasia of A Mode) - Zhu Xiao Sheng, Erhu, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Beijing, Yan Hwei Chun, Conductor - Janus Resource International - SWJR1062 - (7:22)
Jing Jing, Luo - Mosquito - Evelyn Lust, Piano - CRI - 805 - (7:39)
Amiot, Joseph-Marie - Salve Regina - Jean-Christoph Frisch, Conductor - Astree - E 87642 - (7:45)
Koh, Bunya - Sinfonietta in D minor, Op. 51 - NHK Symphony Orchestra, Chen Chiu-Sen, Conductor - Sunrise Records LTD. - 8510 - (7:50)

Tan Dun - Love in Distance from the Soundtrack to Hero - Tan Dun, Conductor - Sony Classical - SK 87726 - (8:06)
Sheng, Bright - Spring Dreams (1999), for violin and orchestra of Chinese instruments - Cho-Liang Lin, Violin, Siingapore Chinese Orchestra, Tsung Yeh, Conductor - Naxos - 8.570601 - (8:14)
Lay, Zhen-Bang - Chinese Martial Arts - Jing Ying Soloists - Saydisc - CD-SDL 325 - (8:37)
Yi, Qin - Suo - Gabrielle Smart, Piano - Move - MD 3296 - (8:40)
Zhang, Chiuen-Yi - Tone Poem, "Northern Forest" - Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Tsung Yeh, Conductor - Hugo - HRP 7204-2 - (8:43)

Amiot, Joseph-Marie - Ave Maria - Jean-Christophe Frisch, Conductor - K617 - 155 - (9:03)
Chen, Gang - "Wang Zhaojun", Violin Concerto - Takako Nishizaki, Violin, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Yip Sing Sie, Conductor - Marco Polo - 8.223908 - (9:07)
Long, Zhou - The Future of Fire - The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui, Conductor - BIS - CD-1352 - (9:44)
Chen, Qigang - L'Eloignement - Strings of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, Leonard Skatkin, Conductor - Virgin Classics - 344693 2 - (9:50)

Chen, Qian - "Exploits" Symphonic Overture for Band - The Military Band of the P.L.A. of China, Xiao-Ying Zheng, Conductor - Hugo - HRP 7183-2 - (10:08)
Pedrini, Teodorico - Sonata VII for Flute and Basso Continuo - XVIII-21, Musiques des Lumieres - Astree - AS 128609 - (10:22)
Chien-Er Chu - Concerto for Chinese Oboe, "Ecstacy of Nature" - Ying Liu, Chinese Oboe, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Xieyung Chen, Conductor - SM - SM-1013 - (10:30)
Chou, Wen-Chung - Yu Ko (Fisherman's Song) - Group for Contemporary Music at Columbia University, Harvey Sollberger, conductor - CRI - CD 691 - (10:55)

5:45am - 7:00am
Akira Ifukube - Ballata Sinfonica - Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor - BIS - CD-490
Chieh Tsao - Two Little Pieces for Orchestra - Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui, Conductor - Chieh Tsao - No number )
Joshua Chan - Hallucination in a Five-Mile Fog - Hong Kong String Quartet - Hugo Productions - HRP 7210-2
Somtow Sucharitkul - "Madana" - Bankok Symphony Orchestra, Somtow Sucharitkul, Conductor - Orpheus Music - No number given
Sue Kyung Song - Winter Ballade - Sue Kyung Song, Piano - MSR Classics - MS1098
Lucrezia Kasilag - Prelude Etnika - Angelito Agcaoili, Guitar - Angelito Agcaoili - No number given
Lucrezia Kasilag - Toccata - Angelito Agcaoili, Guitar - Angelito Agcaoili - No number given
Bunya Koh (Chiang Wen-Yeh) - Sinfonietta in D minor, Op. 51 - NHK Symphny Orchestra, Chiu-sen Chen, Conductor - Sunrise Records LTD. - 8510

7:00am - 8:00am
Jia Daqun - Scherzo - Gabriella Smart, Piano - Move - MD 3296 - (B*02)
Gang Chen, arr. - Flowing Water and Floating Clouds - Takako Nishizaki, Violin, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Conductor - Marco Polo - 8.223908
Robert Delgado - Prayer of St. Francis - The Riga Chamber Choir, Imants Kokars, Conductor - Timeless Recordings - No number given
Yoichi Togawa - Three Pieces for Piano - Yoshiko Takase, Piano - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 2021)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Discord (Beginning) - Various performers - Sony Classical - SK 60121

8:00am -9:00am
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Discord (Conclusion) - Various performers - Sony Classical - SK 60121
Gang Chen - "Wang Zhaojun" - Takako Nishizaki , Violin, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Conductor - Marco Polo - 8.223908

9:00am - 10:00am
Qigang Chen - Iris Unveiled (COMPLETE) - Wu Bixia and Ke Luwa, Sopranos, National Orchestra of France, Muhai Tang, Conductor - Virgin classics - 45549 2
Kaoru Wada - Folkloric Dance Suite - Malmo Symphny Orchestra, Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor - BIS - CD-490)

10:00am - 11:00am
Minoru Miki - East Arc - Yang Jing, Pipa, Yui Ensemble - Camerata - CMCD-28036
Trad. China - Legend - Jing Ying Soloists - Saydisc - CD-SDL 325
Tan Dun - Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1 - Lang Lang - Deutsche Grammophon - B0002047-02

6:00am - 7:00am
Brian Keane - "Scenes of Istanbul" from " Suleyman the Magnificent" - Ensemble featuring Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbiled - Celestial Harmonies - CD CDL 023
.Ulvi Cemal Erkin - String Quartet - Ankara String Quartet - Hungaroton - HCD 31520
Wilhelm Stenhammer - "In the Garden of the Seraglio" from "Three Choral Songs" - Singer Pur - Ars Musici - AM 1208
Abdurrahim Kunhi Dede (1769-1831) - "Hicaz Ayin - Classical Ensemble of Istanbul - l'empreinte digitale - ED 13093
.Ferit Tuzun - "Inspirations" - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Hikmet Simsek, conductor - Hungaroton - HCD 31455
Carlo Domeniconi - "Oyun" - Amadeus Guitar Duo, Kupfalzisches Chamber Orchestra, Jiri Malat, conductor - Hanssler Classic - CD 98.389

7:00am - 8:00am
Ahned Adnan Saygun - Prelude No. 7 on Aksak Rhythms - Gulsan Onay, Piano - Aulos - PRE 66 027
Anon.17-cent. Ottoman Empire - 3 Kocek Dances - Lalezar Ensemble - Traditional Crossroads - CD 80702-4302-2
Kamran Ince - Symphony No. 2. "Fall of Constantinople" - Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller, Conductor - Argo - 455 151-2
.M.K. (1604) - "O Jhesu Christ Emanuel"(Song in Reaction to Turkish Military Threats) - Ars Cantus, Tomasz Dobrzanski, Conductor - CD Accord - ACD 125-2
Sultan Murad V (1840-1904) - Dance for the Castanets - Vedat Kosal, Piano, Henschel Quartet - VMS Musical Treasures - VMS 103
Traditional/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Music from "The Abduction from the Seraglio" - Virgin Classics- 4 71727 2
Jean-Baptiste Lully - March for the Ceremony of the Turks - Les Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall,, Conductor - AliaVox - AV 9821
Dervis Mustafa (c 1650-1700) - "Nihavend pesrev" - Bezmara, Fikret Karakaya, Conductor - OPUS 111 - OPS 30-266

8:00am -9:00am
Dave Brubeck, Arranged and Orchestrated by Darius & Chris Brubeck - Blue Rondo a la Turk - The London Symphony Orchestra, Joel Revzen, Conductor - Koch International Classics - 3-7485-2
Nevit Kodalli - Adagio for Strings - Northern Sinfonia of England, Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Koch Schwann - 3-1480
.Nevit Kodalli - Three Folk Songs - Sina Korat, Remziye Aper-Tanrikulu, Sopranos, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Hikmet Simsek, Conductor - Hungaroton - HCD 31454
Fazil Say - "Silence of Anatolia"/"Obstinacy" - Fazil Say, Piano, National Orchestra of France, Eliahu Inbal, Conductor - Naive - V 4954
Tatyos Efendi (1858-1913), Arr. Leyla Pinar - "Saz Semaisi" - Leyla Pinar, Harpsichord, Pavane Records - ADW 7225
.Emil Petrovics - "We Dwell on the Shoes of the Sea" from "Letters from Turkey" - Jozsef Gregor, Bass, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Budapest, Emil Petrovics, Conductor - Hungaroton, HCD 31790
Ertug Korkmaz - "Shades-And" - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ertug Korkmaz, Conductor - Private Edition/United States Radio Premiere

9:00am - 10:00am
.Ahmet Adnan Saygun - Oratorio, "Yunus Emre " - Ibolya Verebics, Soprano, Eva Panczel, Contralto, Gyorgy Korondy, Tenor, Sandor Blazso, Bass, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Hikmet Simsek, Conductor - Hungaroton - HCD 31077

10:00am - 11:00am
Anon. From Giovanni Battista Toderini Collection - "Concerto Turco" - Sarband, Concerto Koln - Archiv Production - 474 193-2
Cemal Resid Rey - Turkish Scenes - Hungarian State Orchestra, Cem Mansur, Conductor - Hungaroton - HCD 31158
Necil Kazim Akses - Concerto for Orchestra - Hungarian State Orchestra, Rengim Gokmen, Conductor - Hungaroton - HCD 31527
Anon. Turkey - Entrance of the Sultan - Sarband - Archiv Production - 474 193-2

6:00am - 7:00am
Rentaro Taki - Menuetto in B minor - Noriko Ogawa, Piano - BIS - CD 854
Attributed to Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614-1685) - "Hachidan no shiarabe" - Makiko Goto, Koto - Col legno - WWE 1CD 20057
Yoichi Togawa - "Afar" - Yoshiro Takase, Piano - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 2021
Bernard Rogers - Three Japanese Dances - Carol Dawn Mayer, mezzo-soprano, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell, Conductor - Mercury Living Presence - 432 754-2
Fumio Yasuda - "Death Sentiment I" from "Kakyoko" - Fumio Yasuda, Piano, European Art Orchestra, Bernd Ruf, conductor - Winter & Winter - 910051-2
.Buddhist Chant of Yakushiji Temple - "Sange" - Monks of Yakushiji Temple - Denon - CO-78839
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Music from "Little Buddha" - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Conducts - Sony Classical - SK60780

7:00am - 8:00am
(N*02)... Koscak Yamada - Overture in D Major - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa, Conductor - Naxos -8.555350
Akira Ifukube - Symphonic Fantasia No. 1 - Japan Philharmonic symphony Orchestra, Yun'ichi Hirokami, Conductor - King Record Co. - KICC 178
Somei Satoh - From the Depth of Silence - The Janacek Philharmonic, Petr Kotik, Conductor - Mode - 135
Yasushi Akutagawa - Theme of Akoroshi - Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Tetsuji Honna, Conductor - King Record Co. - KICC 246
Takashi Yoshimatsu - Pleiades Dances, Second Set - Kyoko Tabe, Piano - Denon - CO-18002
Jehan Alain - Japanese Mythologies - Desire N'kaoua, Piano - FY - 027

8:00am -9:00am
Yuzo Toyama - 2 selections from the Ballet suite, "Yugen" - Oslo hilharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Conductor - EMI Classics -56576
Toru Takemitsu - Family Tree, Musical Verses for Young People - Seira Ozawa, speaker, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Conductor - Philips - 454 478-2
Miho Kawasaki - Pulse Motion II - Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Kim Hong Jae, Conductor - Kosei Publishing Company - KOCD-4503
Keiko Abe - Prism Rhapsody - Katarzyna Mycka, Franz Bach, Marimbas, Saar RadioSymphony Orchestra, Dominique Fanal, Conductor - Audite - 97.478

9:00am - 10:00am
Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 2-"At terra" - BBC Philharmonic, Sachio Fujioka, Conductor - Chandos Records - CHAN 9438
Yuji Takahashi - Like Swans Leaving the Lake - Mie Miki, Accordion, Nobuko Imai, Viola - BIS - CD-929
Henry Cowell - "Ongaku" - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney, conductor - First Edition - FECD-0003

10:00am - 11:00am
Toru Takemistu - "Music for Training and Rest" from "Jose Torres" - Orchestra/conductor not identified - Nonesuch - 79404-2
Toshiro Mayuzumi - Bacchanale - Hong Kong Philharmonic, Yoshikazu Fukumura, conductor - Marco Polo - 8.220297
.Alan Hovhaness - Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints - Robert Van sice, Marimba, RTE Symphony Orchestra, dublin, Colman Pearce, conductor - Etcetera -KTC 1085
Yoshiro Kanno - "Spring from "The Four Seasons in Resonance" - Tomoyuki Okada Percussion Ensemble - Denon - 38C37-7042
Karen Tanaka - Wave Mechanics - Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor - Deutsche Grammophon - POCG-1860)
Keiko Abe - Dream of the Cherry Blossoms - Evelyn Glennie, Marimba - RCA Red Seal -60557-2

AZERBAIJAN is a country that most people don't generally associate with classical music; however, the country has a classical music tradition dating back nearly a century to the early 1900s when Baku, its capital, produced more than 50 percent of the world's oil supply.

Located on the Caspian Sea, south of Russia and east of Turkey, north of Iran, Azerbaijan sits at the crossroads of East and West. And its music is the synthesis of these two great traditions. Often the melodic line and instrumentation are Eastern while genre and orchestration are Western. An unforgettable blend.

In late 1991, Azerbaijan gained its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today, gradually, their great music is becoming known throughout the world as it justly deserves to be. Music schools flourished during the Soviet period and composers created and today are still creating music in numerous styles including those from the West.

The first opera of the Muslim world was composed in Azerbaijan almost a hundred years ago by the Azerbaijani composer, Uzeyir Hajibeyov. He is known as the Father of Composed Music because he insisted that music could be written down and orchestrated, rather than just improvised. The first piece - Koroghlu - Son of Blind Man , was performed in 1938 in Moscow in the presence of Stalin who awarded it the highest accolades of the nation. Some suggest that the piece may have even saved Hajibeyov's life because he had been involved with the movement for independence before the Bolsheviks took over the country in 1920. And those years - especially the late 1930s were so infamous for Stalin's repression.

Today's program introduces some of the finest examples of Azerbaijani music and the contribution their composers have made to world cultural heritage.
by Betty Blair

6:00am - 7:00am
Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948) - Overture from "Koroglu" (The Blind Man's Son) - Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchin Adigozalov, Conductor - (CMA set)
Gara Garayev (1922-1984) - "Leyli and Majnun" - Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchin Adigozalov, Conductor - (CMA set)
Faraj Garayev (1943- ) - Three Polyphonic Pieces - Murad Adigozalzade, Piano
Tofig Guliyev (1917-2000) - Violin concerto in A minor - Mark Lubotsky, Violin, USSR Radio and TV Large Symphony Orch., Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor
Vasif Adigozal (1936- ) - "Garanfil" (Carnation) - Ramiz Guliyev, Tar, Azerbaijan State Chamber Orch., Yashar Imanov, Conductor (CMA set)

7:00am - 8:00am
Siyavush Karimi (1954-) - Landscape - Murad Adigozalzade, Piano
Soltan Hajibeyov (1919- ) - Karvan (Caravan) - Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchin Adigozalov, Conductor - (CMA set)
Azer Rezayev (1930- ) - Sonata for Violin and Piano - Arif Manafli, Violin, and Farhad Badalbeyli, Piano
Agshin Alizade (1937- ) - "Jangi" (Warrior) - Oleg Grechko, Oboe, Azerbaijan State Chamber Orch., Yashar Imanov, Conductor (CMA set)
Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948) - Nigar's Aria, from First Act - Koroglu (The Blind Man's Son) - Garina Karimova, Soprano, Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchin Adigozalov, Conductor
Uzeyir Hajibeyov - Nigar's Aria, from Second Act - Koroglu - Garina Karimova, Soprano, Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchin Adigozalov, Conductor
Uzeyir Hajibeyov - Song of the Khananda from Koroglu - Safura Azimi, singer, Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchin Adigozalov, Conductor


8:00am 9:00am
Improvisation on "Sari Gelin" - Alihan Samedov, Balaban - Mega Muzik - 064
Ismayil Hajibeyov (1949- ) - Three Sketches in the Spirit of Vatto - Murad Adigozalzade, Piano
Kamalia Ali-Zadeh (1978- ) - Prelude and Scherzo - Murad Adigozalzade, piano
Haji Khanmammadov (1918- ) - Concerto for Tar and Orch - Ramiz Guliyev, Tar, Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchim Adigozalov, Conductor - (CMA set)
Chingiz Sadykhov - Azerbaijani Folk Song from the South - Chingiz Sadykhov, Piano
Javanshir Guliyev (1950- ) - Seven Pieces with Interludes in Mugham Modes - - Rena Rezayeva, Piano - VMM 2027


9:00am - 10:00am
Fikrat Amirov (1922-1984) - The Arabian Nights (Complete) - Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra - Nazim Rezayev, Conductor - Olympia - OCD 578 A&B

10:00am - 11:00am
Fikrat Amirov - The Arabian Nights (Continued) - Olympia - OCD 578 A&B
Firangiz Ali-Zade (1947- ) - Habil-Sayaghi (in Habil's Style) for Cello and Prepared Piano - Yo-Yo Ma, Cello, Joel Fan, Prepared Piano
(1939- ) - Sevda Ibrahimova - Five Pieces on Azerbaijani Themes - Murad Adigozalzade, Piano


Azerbaijan International STORE - contact to buy most of the music that is featured on today's show (AZER.com)
About AZER.com - World's Largest Web site about Azerbaijan.
Explore Web sites created by Azerbaijan International: Archives of the English magazine - Azerbaijan International - Established in 1993 - 12 and half years ago - You'll find more than 1700 articles and 4500 photos, 165 sound samples (REAL AUDIO)
Azerbaijani composers
AZERI.org - Language and Literature - 50 Azerbaijani writers in Azeri and in English translation
AZgallery.org - "Discover the Little-Known World of Azerbaijani Art" - more than 3,000 samples of Azerbaijani art from 165 artists are on display
HAJIBEYOV.com - "Celebrating the Legacy of Azerbaijan's Great Composer - Uzeyir Hajibeyov". You'll find 35 samples of MUSIC. The Librettos to 7 of Hajibeyov's operas and Music Comedies in English and Azeri Latin. And numerous entries of oral histories related to people who know the great composer personally.

Rosen featured in Azerbaijan International Magazine: Making Waves: Princeton University Radio Program Features Azerbaijani Music, Spring 2002 (10.1) by Marvin Rosen

A Brief History of Azerbaijani Music

Despite the fact that we hear much about the Middle-Eastern countries every day on the news, many of us are not aware of the existance of conservatories, concert halls and composers of classical music. Many musicians of these countries are fascinated with western culture and music and employ its influences within their national heritage. Today's program presented a number of unknown Middle-Eastern composers that combined western traditions with their own ethnic experience and heritage.

6:00am - 7:00am
Anon. 17 Cent. (Turkey) - "Hymn of the Dervish" - Keskes Ensemble - Hungarton - HCD 12560-2
Giacomo Facco - Concerto a Cinque, Op. 1, No. 9 in A minor - Ensemble Albalonga - Pavane Records - ADW 7434
Ghassem Talebzadeh, (Iran) - "Mosaiques" - Ghassem Talelbzadeh, violin, Daniel Blumenthal, Piano - Pavane - ADW 7327
Bechara El-Khoury (Lebanon) - Dance of the Eagles, Op. 9 - Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Forlane - 216762
William Grant Still - Romance - Lawrence Gwozdz, Alto Saxophone, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Kirk Trevor, Conductor - Albany Records, TROY 331
Gara Garayev (Azerbaijan) - "Leyli and Majnun" - Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, Yalchin Adigozalov, Conductor - Azerbaijan International - AICD 1201

7:00am - 8:00am
Lucretia Orsina Vizzana - "Ave Stella" - Cappella Artemisia, Candace Smith, conductor - Tactus - TC 600001
Soeur Marie Keyrouz (Lebanon) - "De Profundis" - Ensemble de la Paix amd Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, John Nelson, Conductor - Virgin Classics - 545455 2
Isabella Leonarda - Sonata Seconda, Op. 16 - Sephira Ensemble - Bayer Records - BR 100 078/79
.Einojuhani Rautavaara - In the Shade of the Willow - Finnish Radio Chamber choir, Timo Nuoranne, Conductor - Ondine 0 ODE 1020-2
Tatyos Efendi (Turkey) - "Saz Semaisi" - Leyla Pinar, Harpsichord - Pavane Records - ADW 7225
Ferit Tuzun (Turkey) - "Esintiler"(Inspirations) - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Hikmet Simsek, Conductor - Hungaroton - HCD 31455
Alessandro Scarlatti - Concerto Grosso #4 in G Ninor - Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples, Ettore Gracis, conductor - Archiv - 459 454-2

8:00am-9:00am
Anon. Turkey, in collection of Giovanni Battista Toderini - "Concerto Turco" - Concerto Koln and Sarband, Vladimir Ivanoff, conductor - Archiv - 474 193-2
Ali Zakaria Al-Ansari (Kuwait) - "Malak Al-Gharam" - Chopin Academy of Music Orchestra, Ryszard Simak, Conductor - DUX - Dux 0192
Simone Balsamino - 3 Madrigals - The Madrigalists of the Swiss Radio, Diego Fasolis, conductor - Dynamic - CDS 384
Mohammad Haghighi (Iran) - "Adagio" from "Wave on the Moor" - Ensemble of Eastern and Western Instruments - al segno - as 2002 2
Zarisa (Tunisia) - "Touchia Ghrib" - Sazira, Piano - Artistes Arabes Associes - AAA 063
Abdalla El-Masri (Lebanon) - Symphony no. 1 - Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov - Finikiya Ltd.

9:00am - 10:00am
Marco Da Gagliano - "Vergine Bella" - Maria Cristina Kiehr , Soprano with La Fenice - Ricercar - 233402
G.W.L. Marshall-Hall - "Adagio sontenuto" from Symphony in C Minor - Queensland Theater Orchestra, Warren Bebbington, Conductor - Move - MD 3081
Roland Chadwick - One Hour to Madness and Joy - Sydney Guitar Trio - New Classical - 465357-2
Traditional Tarantella from Puglia, arr. by Christina Pluhar - "Tarantella del Gargano" - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar, conductor - Alpha - 503
Tim Lake - An American Concerto - Tim Lake, 5-String Banjo, The Atlanta-Emory Orchestra, Jere Flint, Conductor - Padraig Records - PAD 35438

10:00-11:00am
Erkegali Rakhmadiev (Kazakhstan) - "Kudasha-Duman" - Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Kogan, conductor - Consonance - 81-0003
Carlo Farina - "Sonata tertia detta la Moretta a 3" - Alarius Ensemble - Teldec - 21801-2
Tsippi Fleischer (Israel) - Symphony No. 2: The Train - Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Mikula, Conductor - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 3050
Ismayil Hajibeyov (Azerbaijan) - Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, "Jangi" - Farhad Badalbeyli, Piano, Symphony Orchestra BP & TV, Ramiz Melik-Aslonov, conductor - AzEuroTel - 280674
Mohanned Abdul Wahab (Egypt) - Laylit Houb - The Meadows Percussion Ensemble, Robert Stroker, Conductor - Gasparo - GSCD-346
Joseph Martin Kraus - selections from "Soliman II" - Concerto Koln & Sarband - Archiv - 474 193-2

8:00am -9:00am
all music by Togawa
.Prelude 1 - Guy Livingston, piano - Wergo - WER 6649 2
The Place of Light - Masayuki Kimo, violin, Yoshiko Takase, piano - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 2021
*Selections from "Sketches of the Soul" - Ryoko Fukasawa, piano
*"Sunlight shining through the leaves of trees-Prayer" - Masayuki Kino, violin, Orchestra 1.17, Akihito Mihara, conductor
"Kaze No Ha" - Yoshiko Takase, piano - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 2016
Time's Flower - Masayuki Kino, violin, Fumiaki Kono, cello, Yoshiko Takase, piano - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 2021

To celebrate the Chinese New Year"Classical Discoveries" presented works by Chinese composers as well as works by Western composers inspired by Chinese music and culture. With the exception of the "Yellow River Concerto" and the works of Tan Dun, Chinese music is almost totally unknown. Although the works have many western influences Chinese compositions still retain many nationalistic characteristics.


6:00am - 7:00am
He Luting - Evening Party - Shanghai Philharmonic Orch. Cao Peng, conductor - Marco Polo - 8.223956
Bunya Koh - Idyll of the Fields - MHK Symphony Orchestra, Chen Chiu-sen, conductor - Sunrise Records - 8510
Jacob Avshalomov- "Taking Leave of a Friend" from "From the Chinese" - Alyce Rogers, Mezzo Soprano, Melody Wooldridge Avril, flute, Daniel Avshalomov, Viola - Albany - Troy 249
Teodorico Pedrini - Sonata V in G Major - XVIII-21, Musique des Lumieres - Astree - AS 128609
Rachel Portman - "Tiger on the Trees" from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to "The Joy Luck Club" - Hollywood Records - HR-61561-2
Ting-cheong So - "Man Ching" - Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Tsung Yeh, Conductor - Hugo - HRP 7205-2
Joseph Curiale - Tea in a Chinese Camp - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by composer - Orchard Road - 7156

7:00am - 8:00am
Mingxin Du - Festival Overture - Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Jean, conductor - Marco Polo - 8.223939
Joseph-Marie Amiot - "Pater" - XVIII-21, Musique des Lumieres, Jean-Christophe Frisch, conductor - Astree - E 8642
John Corigliano - "Journey to China" from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to "The Red Violin" - Joshua Bell, violin, Philharmonia Orch, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Gang Chen - Violin Concerto "Wang Zhaojun" - Takako Nishizaki, violin, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Yip Wing Sie - Marco Polo - 8.223908

8:00am - 09:00am
Einar Englund - Overture to "The Great Wall of China" - Tampere Philharmonic Orch. Eri Klas - Ondine - ODE 961-2
Ming-hsin Wang - Poem of Neptune - Kaohsiung City Chinese Orch, Hui-chang Yan - Hugo - HRP 7155-2
Anon. - Ancient Chinese Ceremonial Music - Ensemble Renaissance - al segno - as 2003
Aaron Avshalomov - Flute Concerto - Nadine Asin, lute, Moscow Symphony Orch. Jacob Avshalomov - Marco Polo - 8.225033
Fu-tong Wong - Dreamland - Wei Xue, violin, Yao-ling Wang - Hugo - HRP 7127-2

9:00am - 10:00am
Joan Huang - "Red Ribbon Dance" from "Relections after a Rainbow" - Gloria Cheng, piano - Telarc - CD-80549
Morton Gould - Pieces of China - Mirian Conti, piano - Albany Records - TROY 299
John Chen - "Fang Yuan Fang Yuan" - Hong Kong Percussion Group - Hugo - HRP 7210
Tan Dun - "To the South" from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - Yo-Yo Ma, cello, conducted by the composer - Sony Classical - SK 89347
Ying Zhang - The Woodman's Song - Ensemble of Eastern instruments - CRI - CD 805
Chen Yi - "Duo Ye No. 2" - The Women's Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor - New Albion - NA 090 CD

10:00am - 11:00am
Lou Harrison - "From the Dragon Pool" from "Pacifika Rondo" - Oakland Youth Orch. Robert Hughes, conductor - Phoenix Records - PHCD 118
Sheng Li-hong - Ocean Symphony - Central Philharmonic Orch. Beijing, Han Zhong-jie, conductor - Hong Kong Records - 8.880016
Laurence Moss - "China" for tape alone - Capstone - CPS 8619

All selections below are performed by the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yalchin Adigozalov (unless indicated otherwise) and are available thru Azerbaijan International

Uzeyir Hajibeyov - Dance from the Third Act of "Koroglu" - AICD1205
.Fikrat Amirov - Azerbaijan Capriccio - AICD1201
Gambar Huseinli - First Love - Ramiz Guliyev, tar, Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra, Yashar Imanov - AICD1206
Gara Garayev / Jordat Hajiyev - Mardan's Aria from "Vatan" - Mukhtar Malikov, tenor - AICD1205
Agshin Alizade - "Jangi" - Oleg Grechko, oboe, Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra, Yashar Imanov, conductor - AICD1206
Haji Khanmammadov - Concerto for Tar and Orchestra - Ramiz Guliyev, tar - AICD1203
Gara Garayev - "Procession from "Seven Beauties" - AICD1201

6:00am - 7:00am
Sulkhan Tsintsadze - Shepherd's Dance - Sony Classical - SMK 66363
Joshua Chan - Hallucination in a Five-Mile Fog - Hugo - HRP 7210-2
Leopold Godowsky - Three Dances from "Java Suite" - ProPiano - PPR224529
Heraclius Djabadary - Serpentine Threnody - Quantum - GM6915
Anon. Armenian - "Loosein yelav" - Aura - AUR 146-2
Poldini - Japanese Etude - BIS - CD-1045
Hirai - Sonata for Koto - Crystal - CD316
Fikrat Amirov - Azerbaijan Mugam - Everest - EVC 9048
7:00am - 8:00am
Anon. Chinese Ceremonial Music - Al segno - as 2003-2
Peggy Glanville-Hicks - Letters from Morocco - Tall Poppies - TP112
Siegfried Behrend - Sakura Suite - Nuova Era - 7348
Colin McPhee - Nocturne - CRI - CD 836
Anon. Georgian - "You are the Vine" - Sony Classical - SK 66823
Alan Hovhaness - Ghazal #1 - Koch International - 3-7288-2
Haghighi - Excerpt from "Wave on the Moor" - AL segno - as 2002 2
Talebzadeh - Images - Pavane - ADW 7327
8:00am - 9:00am
Henry Cowell - Homage to Iran - CRI - CD 836
Henry Cowell - "Presto" from "Persian Set" - Koch International - 3-7220-2
Alexander Tcherepnin - "Homage to China" from "Five Concert Etudes" - Newport Classics - NPD 85521
Slavenski - Symphony of the Orient - Milan - 62160-2
Chiang - "Symphonia Universalis" - Sunrise - 8531
Komitas - Twelve Children's Pieces - MEG - 004
Lou Harrison - Concerto in Slendro - CRI - CD 613
9:00am - 10:00am
Anon. Cantiga - Sony Classical - SK 62263
Miyagi - Lake in Spring - Bayer - BR 100275
Toru Takemitsu - Piano Pieces for Children - ASV - DCA 1120
Jehan Alain - Japanese Mythologies - FY - FYCD 027
Anon. Sephardic - "Los dos amantes" - Pierre Verany - PV798091
Luting - Evening Party - Marco Polo - 8.223956
Aaron Avshalomov - "Peking Hutungs" - CRI - CD 667
Jacob Avshalomov - Taking Leave of a Friend" from "From the Chinese" - Albany - Troy 249
Nancy Van De Vate - A Peacock Southeast Flew - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 3043
10:00am - 11.00am
Yekmalian - The Lord's Prayer - MCA - AED-10483
Benary - Mostly Slendro Passacaglia - GSOL Records - CD-1
Schweizer - East West Symphony - Gallo - CD-1030
Komitas - Dance for Piano - MEG - 004